HEA 113 Medical Terminology Ch 2,3,4 Self Test
The directional term for movement toward the back of the body is:
Dorsal
An "Otoscope" is used to view the:
Ear
An "Electro Shock Therapy - EST" is also known as:
Electric Convulsive Therapy
If a tumor is found to be benign, it is:
Encapsulated, slow growing, and expansive
"Therapeutic Touch Therapy" uses the principle that the body produces:
Energy or an aura
The movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position is called:
Extension
A "Tonometer" measures pressure within the ________:
Eye
A tumor of the fibrous and cartilaginous tissue is called a(n):
Fibrochondroma
A "Pacemaker" can be external or internal and usually generates electrical stimuli to the heart muscle with ________:
Fixed and/or Alternate impulses
The suffix -plas/ia is a compound suffix (2 or more parts) that refers to:
Formation, growth or development
Breaking a compound term into component word parts (usually with its combining vowel or vowels) is called:
Fracturing
The ____________is used to treat brain cancer by directing radiation at precise brain locations.
Gamma Knife
A "EKG or ECG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
Heart
A "Thallium - Hot Spot Test" is used to detect _____ damage:
Heart
"I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia..." is the beginning of what famous oath?
Hippocratic Oath
The term "hyperplasia" means:
Increase in development
The term "Stetho/scop/e" literally means:
Instrument to examine the chest
The term "Ophthalmo/scop/e" means:
Instrument to examine the eye
The term "Bronchoscope" literally means:
Instrument to view trachea-like structure
"Complimentary or Alternative Medicine" is now referred to as ________:
Integrated Medicine
"Massage and Reflexology" are examples of ________:
Integrated Medicine
The abbreviation "ICU" refers to a(n)
Intensive Care Unit
The "Pyelogram" records information about the _____:
Kidney pelvis
The "KUB" examination looks for defects in the:
Kidney, ureter, and bladder
Cancers of the circulatory system include:
Leukemia and lymphomas
Homeo/path/ic literally means:
Like or same/as disease/refers
A fatty tumor is called a(n) :
Lipoma, steatoma, or adipoma
If an infection is "Chronic" it is characterized by:
Little change, slow progression, and long duration
The abdominal cavity contains the
Liver
"_____" produces a radio frequency radiation pulse image of soft and hard tissue in multiple planes.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Scan)-MRI
The correct way to fracture or divide the medical term melanocarcinoma is:
Melano/carcin/oma
The prefix that means "change or after" is:
Meta-
"Fluoroscopy" is used to record ________:
Moving body parts
My/o- is the combining form of a word part that means:
Muscle
Which of these conditions would be treated with Phakic IOLs?
Myopia
Laser assisted surgery "LASIK" is used to correct:
Myopia (and hyperopia)
"Acu/puncture" literally means ________:
Needle puncture
The medical term for new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor) is:
Neoplasm
What cellular organelle contains chromosomes and has the literal meaning "nut"?
Nucleus
The term "Nebuliz/er" means:
One who causes a mist
A body part which is formed of two or more types of body tissue and performs one or more specific functions is called a(n) ________
Organ
The study of disease is referred to as:
Pathology
The phrase, refers to or _____, is a generalized actual meaning (not a literal meaning) used for the suffixes -a, -ia, -iac, -al, -ar, -ic, -is, -on, -os, -us, -ium, and -um.
Pertains to
The word part attached to the beginning of a word root in order to modify its meaning is called a(n):
Prefix
The term "Tympanostomy" literally means:
Procedure of cutting and making a mouth-like opening in the ear drum
The term "Surgery" literally means:
Procedure of working by hand
The term "Graphy" means ________:
Procedure using an instrument to record something
The term "Auscult/ation" literally means:
Process or procedure for listening
The term "Percuss/ion" literally means:
Process or procedure of striking
The term that describes the direction closest to the point of origin is:
Proximal
"Angiograms" are used for ________:
Recording pictures of vessels
The term "ocular" literally means:
Refers to the eye
The term that divides the body into right and left halves is the :
Sagittal Plane
An "EMG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
Skeletal muscle
A 'Plantar Wart' is located on the:
Sole of Foot
Which of these was the first 3D-printed drug approved by the FDA?
Spritam
"Lithotripsy" is a procedure for crushing ________
Stones or calculi debris
In the medical term 'arthr/itis', -itis is the:
Suffix
The word part attached to the end of a word root in order to modify its meaning is the:
Suffix
"Placebo Effect Therapy"(like hypnotherapy) uses the principle of ________:
Suggestion and believability
If one is flat on their back and face up, they are in a _____ position.
Supine
A "Spinal Tap" is used to ________:
Take fluid samples from the spinal fluid
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is best known for:
The Stages of Death and Dying
The most common combining vowel is ?
"O"
The term "Laryngo/scop/y" literally and actually means:
The procedure of viewing and examining the voice box
The term "Biopsy" literally means:
The procedure of viewing life
The combining form hist/o- means:
Tissue or web-like
The term "Phlebotomy" means:
To cut into a vein
The term "Catheter" literally means:
To let down, into
The term "Sphygmo/mano/meter" literally means:
To measure the pulse by hand
The term "metastasis" means:
To spread
The directional term 'lateral' describes movement in which direction:
To the side
The term "diagnosis" means:
Total Knowledge
The directional term 'inferior' describes movement:
Toward the lower end of the body
"Aromatherapy" is a type of integrated therapy that some may feel is _________:
- Suggestive, or placebo effect - Unsupported by clinical evidence - Psychosomatic
The combining form onc/o- means:
Tumor
The procedure of using an instrument that produces high frequency sound waves to produce an image of the size or shape of a body part is called:
Ultra/sono/graph/y
The term that describes movement toward the belly is:
Ventral
"Cryosurgery" is used to treat ________:
Verrucae or warts
The combining form or term that literally means "internal organs" is:
Viscer/o-
The term "Intravenous Injection -IV" means:
Within a Vein
The term "Intramuscular Injection-IM" literally means:
Within a muscle
The combining form of a stem word is usually made of two component parts, the _____ _____ and _____ _____:
Word root and combining vowel
The suffix that means "to control or stop" is:
-stasis
About how many men will develop breast cancer?
1 in 1000
The term "Cryo/surg/er/y" literally means:
A procedure of one who works by hand with cold
The term "Mammogram" means:
A recording of the breast
The term defined as the process of drawing away from the mid-line or middle is:
Abduction
A "Defibrillator" is used to correct ________:
Abnormal heart beats or rhythms
Verb variations of a stem word usually describe:
Action taken, condition, or state
The term 'coronal' or 'frontal plane' divides the body into the:
Anterior and Posterior portions
The term "Clinical" means:
At patient's bedside
The term "Prognosis" means:
Before knowledge
A trephine is used to remove___
Bone
A "EEG" is used to record information about _____ electrical activity.
Brain
A "PET Scan" is used to detect glucose or energy use levels of the ________:
Brain
An epithelial or covering cell malignant tumor is referred to as a(n):
Carcinoma
The directional term that means "toward the lower end of the body" is:
Caudal
The term that describes movement toward the top of the body is:
Cephalic
In the divided medical term 'arthr/o/pathy', "o" is the:
Combining vowel "used with both the stem word and suffix"
A "_______" is a noninvasive roentgenography diagnostic technique.
Computerized Axial Tomography
Bone is described as _____ tissue.
Connective
The term 'af/ferent' (as in sensory impulses) is defined a
Conveying toward the center
The literal meaning of the medical term carcin/oma is:
Crab-like tumor "invades with crab-like leg growths"
Body "X-rays" produce pictures of _____body tissue and bones:
Dense
Adjectives usually modify a noun (thing named) denoting quality, quantity, extent, or _____ .
distinction of the object from something else
The combining form that means "cause of (disease)" is:
eti/o
The medical term that means "the science of or study of body changes caused by disease" is :
path/o/logy
In the divided medial term 'osteopor/o/sis', the slash lines (/) indicate that the vowel "o" may be used as part of which word parts?
por- and -osis
"Biofeedback" is a type of _____ therapy:
psychosomatic
A "Myelogram" is used to record _______ information:
spinal cord/nerve tissue
In the divided medical term 'sub/hepat/ic', which part is the prefix and which part is the suffix?
sub- and -ic